Blackmore partners internship program

Also, if you read the longest post on this thread you'll find an insider's perspective of the firm, not speculation. How do you know it is true or not with your statement '' Clearly a Blackmore intern who didn't receive any feedback on spelling or grammar. I provided my point of view as a past intern because people want to hear different voices how the internship was for them, and I don't know who is troll here in this matter I believe people they will have their own judgments after viewing all these discussions.

The other way people can ask about this internship is to get on LinkedIn then you will find Blackmore Partners Interns to ask for their opinions. People without real names or identities here can say anything they want, and not being responsible, including me! Thank you for the comments, I am now checking on my spelling carefully, AND I may still get it wrong That doesn't bother me though In my opinion, how you evaluate this internship is totally depending on how proactive you are.

If you just sit there everyday, doing some data entry job. Or you can be more aggressive, telling your supervisor what projects you want to be involved in. I have to say, people are very nice there.

They are willing to teach you and help you. The managing director, Gerald, who is very experienced and very good at presenting. If you like, you might learn some presentation skills from him. His wife, who is also a manager in that company, is conducting some other projects. She knows a lot business knowledge. She is very nice too, and she is very open to share her opinion with you. The manager who is the direct supervisor of all interns , is very knowledgeable and very considerate for all the interns.

He can create a happy working environment there. For myself, I don't have a finance background. When I just got there, a lot of terms are new to me. I definitely learnt a lot from this internship and got more familiar with private equity industry. I'll recommend this internship. Scam companies such as Blackmore tend to be the saving grace for ESL immigrants who may or may not have the requisite competence for a career in high finance, but are definitely held back by their limited English proficiency and thus attend the Chicago area's lesser regarded schools.

A Blackmore Partners -esque firm is, to them, the greatest thing since sliced bread. Would it not be worth taking even as a sophomore in college with absolutely no finance experience? Nobody noticed the suspect education of all of the members? Not every MD or management level employee needs to be from an Ivy League school. But, none of the clowns in Blackmore even went to legitimate schools. The best thing about that place is where they're located, which according to their site is Uptown N Broadway.

It's not the worst area on the North side, but it's certainly one of the worst. You only live there if you run the local Kwik-Mart or are a patron at one of the larger homeless shelters in the city that the area provides. I was seeing a waitress who lived not far from here that is the high rolling clientele around those parts It is however right next to the The Green Mill, which if you're in that particular area is worth checking out.

It's an old jazz club that is infamous since it's one of Al Capone's old hangouts. However, since this area is such a dump it does not attract tourists at all and even though I hate jazz I always enjoyed myself there. Holy shit this thread is hilarious!!!!!!

A friend just asked me about doing an internship at this place so I did a search. This is insane. I can't even fathom how this guy could possibly land a deal, let alone close one. I have interned at that place last summer and I will give you honest truth of what I thought of it. I was just checking out the threads of the year, and having a great time over a beer, but at some point someone mentioned Blackmore in a very condescending way and I thought to myself,"wtf, I can't afford to have people see my resume to think this lowly of that experience".

I will divulge no identifying information here, but if anyone wants me to corroborate anything just PM me and I will gladly prove that this post is legit. I will also say that by my writing this, they will know it is me too easy, they know my style too well.. I got put off, but since I remotely knew somebody who was there at the time I invited the guy to that Starbucks on the corner for a coffee during lunch to get some scoop.

What he told me made me feel better, and considering I was poorly prepared and very naive in undergrad, I was not getting any callbacks from sending my resume so I thought I'd better get some sort of an experience. This is a place for those unfortunate no-name school people who don't have multiple offers, who in fact have no offers. I'll also tell you that during my time there I was extremely impressed with my coworkers. There was some top talent there, kids from top schools who really, really knew their stuff the place humbled me a bit, I thought I was the only guy who knew everything they taught in undergrad biz skool.

The long winded post is legit, but that person must have had some beef on a personal level and if you'll take my word do not put much weight into what he said. Firstly, I got a job thanks to this internship. Before it, I did not get a single callback for anything. The place does have quite a few negatives. But, are we all here big timers from top programs with several top IB offers, or are we trying to get by?

How does it compare to other places? Allow me to first commend the manager at the place who replaced the guy with the long winded post. The guy is a highly knowledgeable guy who knows the entire MBA curriculum really well, possesses all the technical skills MS office, blah, etc , and above all is a very patient manager of resources and the operation.

The 'MD' is the owner, and as far as I'm concerned he can call himself Madonna. He's a bit off key at first, but once you get used to him he's actually quite fun.

He gets in no way involved in daily operation, the manager handles that, he merely just pops out of his office at random, gives some ridiculous inspirational pep talk about how this supreme deal just came on the radar, runs back to his office and goes back on the phone. You will not pick up any hard skills there.

All the skills you pick up will be soft skills, and as much time as you spend on the phone, it actually benefits you. The place is open door and they mean it. It is also a very progressive place. Since they only hire interns , they can't get much real strategy and development going, so they're almost hungry for people who will come in with ideas, suggestions, and skills to implement them.

In other words, to you it will be what YOU make out of it. Get some initiative, show some skill, and just plain speak up.. They have databases to fix, deal sourcing techniques to fix, documents to fix, new systems or tools to implement if you think of it and prove it works. So, now I'd like to pick out a few quotes and just give my opinion on them as I'm getting tired and don't want to spend two hours writing this.

You will not do any modeling or anything, so if you're looking to get into a financial analyst position or something, don't do this. If you're hoping to parlay this into a PE job, you shouldn't do this unless you're a real networking ninja, then it couldn't hurt if you don't have more legit offers. Early on all you do is databases, phones, etc. The name is non-existent and possibly dirty hence I'm doing this post right now as I want to shed some light. Thanks for giving the other side of the coin.

My personal experience when contacting PE was that they're for the most part very happy to be offered new deals.

They were always pleasant and courteous and always asked for more or offered their investment criteria. Enjoy your opinion bro. Some people don't have it as easy in life as you. Some people have to struggle. Quit being an elitist prick. Agreed, make sure the entire world knows that the guys who run Blackmore never attended legit schools and that the place is a shithole.

Its great experience, but Gerald is absolute idiot. Gerald is a jackass. It's getting worse. Dealmaker1 is Gerald for sure. And his background is a joke in the "office". He thinks he is great which disgusts every time. He likes braggin about stuff that's remotely related to him. These big guys are picking his cheek like a kid.

He is pushing 70 yrs old and a total loser. I quit last month because i didn't wanna put up with him anymore. The interns are pretty impressive. Too many chinese ppl tho.

But if you don't have any offer after grad, try blackmore out. It helps you appreciate any future opportunity. Someone should report him to the authorities. No wonder some of the posts here 2nd post for example are written in such horrible english. He takes advantage of everyone. These poor kids work their asses off everyday without even realizing the bizness is illegal. We have a facebook group private and I know some ppl are planning to sue his ass off. I'm telling ya, he is going to prison.

It's a sinking ship bro You will get a good idea of how bs is his knowledge. This is his "webcast" for execs. This thread is absolute gold. I can't really figure out what is going on but I know that I like it. Its like your first boner.. Sums up my feelings exactly. I'm dying over here. Good thing I read this thread Useless company. I know right I'm talking to you Gerald.

Listen the fxxk up, biatch. All interns on linkedin are asian women from Illinois institute of tech Can't believe I actually interviewed with this shit firm back in Oh how my life would've been much worse had I not found something significantly better a couple days later How are they still around?

How does a firm like WynnChurch actually appear as a "Strategic Partner? Blows my mind. I met guys from Saw Mill recently. Decent guys, decent MM fund as well. Just look at their Linkedin page. Now, they've started trying to recruit for lower level positions. Also, when the fuck have they ever closed a deal? They stopped serving water for the interns , so interns had to bring own food and water. Gerald likes foreign interns because many of them don't have the equivalent of OSHA at home, so they don't know what their rights are.

Blackmore Partners is great place for people to start their business career. For most recent graduates, it is very hard for them to get a job. You can learn the business communication and behavior here, such as how to talk and email people professionally. I have internship in Blackmore Partners for about 4 months. I have been rotate in different teams to learn the basic skills of contacting business people. I would recommend recent graduates or people who want to start their business career to take this internship.

I currently live in PA, and am having a hard time finding a job with a lib arts degree. I've been contacted by this company, but am pretty skeptical about it, based on what I've read here and elsewhere. That said, I do realize that some benefits might come from this experience, but from those who have gone through this: is it worth relocating across country for an unpaid internship with Blackmore? Hi Melissa, based on my 3 months experience at blackmore, I think it's not worth it unless you have abfukingsolutely nothing to do with your life.

All the posts here are legit. Please visit the office before you sign up for anything. PM me if you have more questions. Stay away. They don't pay for interns or hire legit employees i. Blackmore isn't really an investment bank. You would be best served to stay home and teach yourself modelling.

Try and network there. What I most satisfying about your internship is Every few week, the managing director will invite senior — level executives to the office and share their insights and working experience. It's also an opportunity to improve my communication skills and make me be more detail-oriented. I would recommend our internship to my classmates because you can learn a lot here, especially for young job seekers, it provides you a platform to put what you learnt in school into practice.

Melissa-Kramer , did you even bother to read the prior posts? I have to say that interns are impressive. My friend went to a BB. But it has nothin to do with Blackmore. There are useful skills that you can learn here at Blackmore if you don't already possess them. This company is a good training ground for interns to sharpen their soft-skills, work in teams and to enhance their PE industry knowledge.

This internship is def something you want to put on your resume. Blackmore is pathetic If I ever see someone with that name on a resume, I'm going to use it as toilet paper and then send them a picture of it.

I applied to the company for an HR internship via a posting on LinkedIn and when I received an e-mail decided to google the company and came across this thread. The funny part after reading all your comments that they actually posted for an HR intern when they are violating US HR laws is comical.

On the syllabus they sent me for the intern it says they hired interns between August which is completely illegal to use unpaid interns instead of having to hire employees. Lol one of my acquaintances is currently interning there and I feel bad for her She is a asian woman btw. Does anyone have any knowledge regarding Blackmore Partners based in Chicago?

Hilarious -- usually the "posters" like inquistor are from the firms themselves, pumping them up Ennovance comes to mind. Like I said, I was with the firm but did not cave under the pressure to record positive reviews. I think it is important for people to understand what they will be getting themselves into prior to accepting the internship.

I wonder if my boss would let me get an unpaid intern, that way i could literally do nothing all day BM is an ideal place if you want to gain some exp in PE intermediary and you don't have much exp before. Robert W. Hey guys, anybody have some info on these two and their Chicago offices.

Thank you. Baird is very risk averse - it's unique in that it's building up its research teams, trying to create a business that swings at a smaller magnitude than the overall financial sector. The people I've met from there I have some old buddies working there now seem pretty smart - not many from the traditional target schools mostly Northwestern, UW-Madison , although a lot of the more sr people are U-Chicago MBAs.

Culture-wise, they repeat over and over that they don't take assholes. I'd be interested in seeing how the canonical Type-A ivy league undergrad would do there. For ER , what yesman says holds - people are mostly from the large, midwestern schools. The guys I talked to alum from my program were sharp, happy to help and gave frank advice.

They seem proud of their culture, and proud of the fact that they're employee owened and voted one of the top places to work. Do you think that it's a great place to start a ER career? Hey I've actually interned with Blackmore Partners in the Chicago branch.

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